State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 16 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Any person or persons seeking to practice dentistry in the state of Washington, or to [own], operate or cause to he operated, [or to run or manage] a dental office or place for the practice of dentistry in the state of Washington after the passage of this act shall file his or her name, together with an application for examination, with the secretary of the state hoard of dental examiners, and at the time of making such application shall pay to the secretary of the board a fee of twenty-five dollars, and to present him or herself at the first regular meeting thereafter of said board to undergo examination before that body. No person shall be eligible for such an examination unless he or she shall be of good moral character and shall present to said board his or her diploma from some dental college in good standing and shall give satisfactory evidence of his or her rightful possession of the same: Provided, this section shall not apply to persons engaged in the practice of dentistry at the time of the passage of this act who are bona fide citizens of the state of- Washington. All persons successfully passing such examinations shall be registered as licensed dentists in the board register as hereinafter provided, and also receive a certificate, said certificate to be signed by the president and secretary of said board and in substantially the following form, to wit: “ ‘This is to certify -is hereby licensed to practice dentistry in the state of Washington. This certificate mus”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Noble v. Douglas

2. ““Any person who, as principal, agent, employer, employee or assistant, who in any manner whatsoever shall practice dentistry or who shall [own, run] operate or cause to be operated,_[or manage], a dental office or headquarters in the state of Washington without having first filed for record and had recorded in the office of the auditor of the county wherein he shall so practice or ■ do such act, a certificate from said board of dental examiners as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or be confined for any period not exceeding six months in the county jail for each and every offense: Provided, the foregoing provisions of this section shall not, prior to the tenth day of July, 1801, apply to any person who shall be practicing dentistry in this state at the time of the passage of this act and whose name shall be registered under the provisions of this act in the records of said board. After said tenth day of July, 1901, all the provisions of this section shall apply to all persons whomsoever. All fines recovered under this act shall be paid into the common school fund of the county in which the conviction is had.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Noble v. Douglas

3. ““All persons shall be said to be practicing dentistry within the meaning of this act . . . who shall own, run, or manage a dental office ...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 36 Wash. 2d 522 - State v. Boren